Schlimm genug, daß Amelia Peabody allein nach Ägypten reist, aber ihre neue Freundschaft zu der mittellosen und verrufenen Evelyn Barton-Forbes sprengt nun wirklich alte Konventionen der viktorianischen Etikette. Als die lebenslustige...
Christopher (Kit) Holmes has enjoyed a successful career as a mystery writer, thanks to the popularity of elderly spinster sleuth, Miss Butterwith and her ingenious cat, Mr. Pinkerton. But sales are down in everything but chick lit and...
At a grand Reykjavik hotel the doorman has been repeatedly stabbed in the dingy basement room he called home. It is only a few days before Christmas and he was preparing to appear as Santa Claus at a children’s party. The manager tries to keep the...
A human bone is discovered at a construction site near Reykjavik. Inspector Erlendur Sveinnson is on the case, but the trail, which leads back to World War II, has gone very cold indeed. Erlendur (Icelanders use first names) has a very personal...
Also published as “Jar City”.
When a lone septuagenarian is murdered in his apartment in the Nordurmyri district of Reykjavik, detective inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is called in, along with partner Sigurdur Oli and female colleague...
Università d’Islanda. In un mattino di fine ottobre, il silenzio del dipartimento di Storia viene lacerato da un grido. Aprendo la porta di uno stanzino, il direttore si vede crollare addosso un cadavere senza occhi e con una runa magica...
La señorita Matilde Crescenzaghi, maestra de la escuela nocturna Andrea y Maria Fustagni, ha sido brutalmente violada y asesinada. En el momento de los hechos, los once alumnos de la clase se encontraban en el aula, pero una férrea ley del...
La comisaria Cornelia Weber-Tejedor, de padre alemán y madre española, investiga la muerte de Marcelino Soto. Todos en la comunidad española de Francfort afirman que era una bellísima persona. Entonces, ¿quién...
Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster.
Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her “undercover stunt...